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The gist --
Where to begin --
Chicago-based freelance writer --
The parts of this book that belong in the toilet --
Nick Hornby must be in this book --
Forget this book --
Autobiographical digression #1: leaving behind the skin from your knees --
How to get rejected --
And in the meantime life goes on --
Chicago cold --
And the good news? --
The call --
Autobiographical digression #2: confessions of a campus firebrand --
Whose opinion counts --
Please don't fact-check this chapter --
Expansive, self-critical, honest, jumpy, surprising, self-confident, cynical, smart, and very, very funny --
Wrong-headed, condescending toward the reader, self-involved, and unintentionally revealing --
Never start a story with dialogue --
The chapter I called 'Wildheart' --
The footnotes --
So you know what happens with this book --
Autobiographical digression #3: why we write --
This book, published.